Getting Serious About Musculoskeletal Conditions and Obesity Management
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Welcome to the 8th issue of Closing the Gap-the first issue to debut on Eisai's relaunched Closing the Gap website. If you haven't seen the website recently, please take a few minutes to visit and explore it. For over a year, CTG has been assembling a wealth of useful information on obesity and weight management for employers. Now we have worked with Eisai to create a new design for the site that will make it easy to find the information and tools. Let us know what you think. In This Issue
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